Suite 1 The Chestnuts 4 Stortford Road Dunmow CM6 1DA
Approved on 8 April 2026
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
Proposal
Convert Suite 1 of The Chestnuts from its current use as an office to a new use of residential.
- Received
- 26 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Uttlesford District Council
- Ward
- Great Dunmow South And Barnston
- ReceivedReceived26 Jan
- ValidatedValidated3 Feb
- Consult.Consultation24 Feb
- TargetTarget Date31 Mar
- DecidedDecided8 Apr
Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Suite 1 The Chestnuts 4 Stortford Road Dunmow CM6 1DA. Uttlesford has handled 2,399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 3 weeks longer than Uttlesford's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Dunmow conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Great Dunmow South And Barnston. We hold 2,062 applications in total for the CM6 postcode area.
76% of full applications at Uttlesford District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- CM6 1DA
- Application type
- Fully Detailed
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Great Dunmow
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 27 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 3 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 27 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 31 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 8 April 2029
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 12 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 6 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 27 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14582960
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Great Dunmow
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1/85/48-1696Protected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Associated applications
- 20263 Jun
Application to discharge condition 3 (schedule of works) attached to UTT/26/0180/FUL
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsUTT/26/1323/DOC - 202626 Jan
Convert Suite 1 of The Chestnuts from its current use as an office to a new use of residential.
This applicationApprovedFullUTT/26/0180/FUL - 202626 Jan
Convert Suite 1 of The Chestnuts from its current use as an office to a new use of residential.
PendingListed building consentFiled alongsideUTT/26/0181/LB
Source: Uttlesford
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